The comet is the third object ever confirmed to have entered our cosmic neighborhood from elsewhere in the galaxy. Space ...

NASA has been observing bodies in space for a long time and compiled lists of behavioral patterns and discovered an asteroid ...

Observations with the instrument SPHERE at ESO's Very Large Telescope have produced an unprecedented gallery of "debris disks ...

The 84-foot-diameter space rock—dubbed "2025 XM"—is hurtling through the solar system at a zippy 9,753 miles per hour.

Earth will experience a notable event tomorrow with the close flybys of two asteroids, 2025 WD5 and 2025 WF10, confirmed by ...

The number 40,000 might not sound particularly dramatic, but it represents humanity's growing catalog of near-Earth asteroids ...

Four near-Earth asteroids are set to make close approaches to Earth within a 24-hour period, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) has confirmed. Scientists stress that all four objects will pass ...

Sometime in 2029, the European Space Agency is scheduled to launch its Comet Interceptor Mission. The Interceptor will wait ...

A clear look at the discovery of 40,000 near-Earth asteroids, how scientists track them, and the missions working to keep our planet safe.

Samples collected from the asteroid Bennu are continuing the shed light on the origins of the solar system and how life ...

Professor K.T. Ramesh's How to Stop an Asteroid course introduces first-year Johns Hopkins undergrads to both the engineering ...